# Launch Flame and kill for good on a Mac via a terminal

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/launch-flame-and-kill-for-good-on-a-mac-via-a-terminal/2220>\
**Category:** Flame Questions\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/launch-flame-and-kill-for-good-on-a-mac-via-a-terminal/2220 "2021-01-26T20:44:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![chadi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/chadi/32/643_2.png) [@chadi](https://forum.logik.tv/u/chadi)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/launch-flame-and-kill-for-good-on-a-mac-via-a-terminal/2220/1 "2021-01-26T20:44:44Z")

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Hello dear friends  
All is in my topic title, I did some digging but it seems that most commandes are for Linux, also for a reason I don’t know the kf commande is not installed.  
Sorry if this is basic, but sometimes when Flame freeze or crush, it is impossible to launch it again without restarting the computer which is very painful  
Many thanks

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**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/launch-flame-and-kill-for-good-on-a-mac-via-a-terminal/2220/2 "2021-01-26T20:50:45Z")

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Hi @chadi , have a look here for a solution.

> [@macOS: Kill "flame" process](https://forum.logik.tv/t/macos-kill-flame-process/1347):
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> Hi there, I can’t reboot macOS Catalina because “flame” is still running. But it isn’t. There is just the process “flame” in mac’s task manager but nothing in activity monitor. I’ve tried to launch flame via terminal. Which works normally until flame crashed before. Any way of getting macOS rebooting without pressing the power button? Thanks!

And then… follow this to create an alias in the Terminal to launch Flame and never have to deal with this again…

> [@Launch Flame on Mac from a Terminal](https://forum.logik.tv/t/launch-flame-on-mac-from-a-terminal/61):
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> Launching Flame from Applications or the Dock means you are missing out on potentially vital information in the App Console. If you need to troubleshoot error messages or odd behavior, or if you are writing Python scripts then this tip is for you. This example uses Mac Catalina 10.15.5 and in my particular case I am using a Z shell, or ZSH. You may be using Bash. l to create an alias to launch Flame 2021.1. Be sure to substitute your version of Flame and whether or not you are …

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**Author:** ![JeffChin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/jeffchin/32/3670_2.png) [@JeffChin](https://forum.logik.tv/u/JeffChin)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/launch-flame-and-kill-for-good-on-a-mac-via-a-terminal/2220/3 "2022-07-31T13:43:16Z")

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Hi, there~  
How about when upgrade to newer version?

I tried the same command with Flame version updated, after input flame and hit enter, it turn out displaying:  
zsh: no such file or directory: /opt/Autodesk/\<previous\_version\>/bin/startApplication

Seems it still point to the same old path…  
How to remove the previous, or update the existing one?  
Any hint or suggest will be very appreciated!

Jeff Chin